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Greening the Blue has launched a new campaign designed to improve waste management practices in UN offices around the world.Mainstreaming sustainable resource management, including reforming our approach to waste management, is a cross-cutting issue...

The Corporate Environmental Responsibility (CER) Report 2017 monitors the environmental impacts of FAO’s facilities and operations in 2016, as well as reduction efforts implemented at headquarters and decentralized offices in 2017.

Early in December, some 4,000 people including 110 Ministers and 2 Heads of State attended the 2017 United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). The overarching theme of this year’s UNEA was pollution, with the aim to deliver a number of commitments...

Sustainability is becoming increasingly important in our society. Over time, companies and organisations are becoming more and more aware of the fact that there is no alternative to sustainable development, which brings benefits not only to society...

According to this year’s Greening the Blue report, over 50% of the United Nations’ 2016 greenhouse gas emissions came from travel. In total, travel was the source of 1.03 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2eq) last year. Air travel...

The World Bank aspires to lead by example as it safeguards the wellbeing of its staff as well as the ecosystems, communities, and economies in which it works. Recognising the need for greater and lasting actions, the World Bank developed a Corporate...

According to the latest edition of the Greening the Blue report, launched 2 November, the UN generated 554kg of waste per capita in 2016. In terms of waste management, only 30% of the waste produced at UN facilities was repurposed (i.e....

The UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn (COP23, 6 – 17 November) is designed to increase climate action and foster sustainable development at all levels of society. The organizers of COP23 are walking the talk –the conference will be made...

The UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn (COP23, 6 – 17 November) is designed to increase climate action and foster sustainable development at all levels of society. The organizers of COP23 are walking the talk –the conference will be made...

According to the latest edition of the Greening the Blue report, released today, a record number of United Nations entities – 39 – were climate neutral for 2016.
The Greening the Blue report, the UN’s annual report on its environmental impacts...

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“Achieving climate neutrality is a challenge in an international organization with a global mandate and presence, but decisive action on climate change is essential and the UN system must lead by example.”Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)